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<p>Graduating year: 2011
Ethnicity: Indian-American (FML)
Competitive Public high school in PA (3-4 to HYPSM and an additional 10-15 to top 10-20)</p>
<p>Intended major: most likely International Relations or public policy</p>
<p>** TESTS/GRADES **</p>
<p>Course Rigor: all accelerated or AP (school doesn't offer separate honors courses)
APs: World History (5), Calc AB, Physics B (5), Chemistry(5), US History (5) , Language and Comp (5)</p>
<p>This year's APs: Calc BC, Gov and Politics, Economics (Micro and Macro), Spanish, European History, Lit, and Psychology</p>
<p>GPA: ** 4.00 UW **, I'm not sure what my weighted is.</p>
<p>** SAT I and II **:
First Try- 2260 (740 M, 740 CR, 780 W, 10E)
Second Try- 2340 (740 M, 800 CR, 800 W, 12E)</p>
<p>SAT II US History: 800
SAT II World History: 800
SAT II Physics: 800</p>
<p>** NON EC AWARDS **
NHS
National Merit Semifinalist (projected Finalist)
AP scholar w/ Distinction
National Spanish Honor Society
Academic Highest Honor (4.0 QPA)
Social Studies Achievement award (given to top APUSH student in grade by percentage)</p>
<p>** RELEVANT SCHOOL ECs **:</p>
<p>Newspaper (9-12), Managing Editor (12)
MUN/Forensics (9,10,11,12), Parliamentarian(12)
-NFL Membership with Excellence
-First place at University of Pittsburgh MUN (2010)
-Represented host school in a model G-20 summit involving schools from four different countries
Student Body Senator (12) and School Climate Committee
Local TV quiz show (11,12)- junior representative(11), captain (12)
-2009 Semifinalists
FBLA- Emerging Business Issues, 1st place at regionals, 2nd at States, National Qualifier
Mock Trial (10)
-Voted Outstanding Attorney
Orchestra (9-12)
Math tutor for elementary school kids, juniors</p>
<p>** SUMMER ECs **
Research assistant at the University of Pittsburgh Dept. of Cardiology (2008),</p>
<p>Selected to attend local seminar on international affairs sponsored by local World Affairs Council (2009)</p>
<p>Took a summer class in international relations at U. of Pitt as a visiting student, highest score in class (2009)</p>
<p>Worked in Allegheny County Executive's office- got to write/edit press releases, prepare letters and generally help out around the office (yep, that means coffee/clipping newspapers) (2009-present)</p>
<p>Assistant to a pretty senior professor at CMU in the Heinz College of Public Policy, will get a letter of recommendation from him.</p>
<p>Taught a free summer chess class for elementary school kids</p>
<p>** RECS/ESSAYS **</p>
<p>Essays: meh, working on them...
Recs: Great rec from MUN sponsor/APUSH teacher, good rec from AP English teacher, average GC reccomendation.</p>
<p>** List of Schools <a href="anyone%20got%20any%20other%20suggestions?">/b</a>- I am applying to mostly reach-ish schools. If I can't get into any, I can always go to Pitt for free because my father teaches there. I don't see the sense in going to a good, but not great school and paying $40,000 a year when I can go to a decent state school and save a lot of money for grad school.</p>
<p>Princeton (Top choice by far, might as well try)
Columbia
Georgetown SFS
Penn Huntsman (Pffffft yeah right, I know) or CAS
UChicago
Johns Hopkins
Duke
Pittsburgh</p>
You also have a fantastic chance at Duke. As for the other schools, I am not really familiar enough witht hem to give an opinion.</p>